September 13, 2005
Nanotechnology
Ipod Nano( white)
iPod nano Features
- Holds up to 1,000 songs and full-colour album art
- Only 9 x 4 x 0.7 cm and 42 grams
- Bright 1.5-inch colour LCD display
- Up to 14 hours of battery life(1)
- Apple Click Wheel
- Charges and syncs via USB
- Accessory-compatible Dock connector
- Completely skip-free playback
- Works with Mac OS X or Windows 2000/XP
- Plays music, podcasts and audiobooks
- Holds up to 25,000 photos(2)
- Syncs contacts, calendars and to-do lists
With Comparison
Believe Your Ears. Call it astonishing. Unbelievable. Impossible, even. Then pick it up and hold it in your hand. Take in the brilliant colour display. Run your thumb around the Click Wheel. Put on the earbuds and turn up your music. That’s when everything becomes clear: It’s an iPod.
It holds up to three days’ worth of music. It plays for up to 14 hours between battery charges.(1) It displays the colour album art for the song you’re listening to right now. It carries your photos, podcasts and audiobooks. It syncs seamlessly with iTunes. It connects to a host of iPod accessories. Simply put, iPod nano is 100-percent iPod. And then some.
Up to 4GB(2) of skip-free storage on a featherweight iPod means you can wear almost three days’ worth of music around your neck. Or jog with 1,000 songs on your arm. Now that you can take your music everywhere, there’s no limit to where it will take you.
I think the black looks cooler..*drool* take a look at the pic below.
(1) Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and the number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information.
(2) 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. Song capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; photo capacity is based on iPod nano-viewable photos transferred from iTunes.
For more infomations please visit www.apple.com
September 12, 2005
Journey of Faith: Art & History from the Vatican Collections
FROM TOP: A 13th century Reliquary Box with scenes from Christ's life; Tiara used by popes Pius IX and John XXII (dated 1877); Bronze oil lamp with monogram of Christ (second half of 4th century A.D.); Faith (1507), a painted altarpiece by Raphael.
a journey that might take 50 over years if you place your vision on an item for a minute. a journey that you can never imagine you would embark on. I have my eyes fixed on the relics and paintings( not all of them) in Singapore Asian Civilisations Museum. I always have this dream; that is to go Vatican City at least once in my life to take a look at this historic place,take a look at St Peter Basilica. Now my dream is 0.02% realised. I've saw a minature of it. ha~
FROM TOP: Throne of Pius IX (Paris, 1877); Chinese vase with images of buildings in Beijing (early 19th century); Rest On The Flight To Egypt (1570-73) by Federico Barocci; Saint Matthew And The Angel by Guido Reni (1635-40); The Vision Of Saint Helena (1580) by Paolo Veronese.
At Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place, Special Exhibitions Gallery 18 June - 9 Oct 2005.
The story begins with the main episodes in the life of Jesus Christ, and the journeys of the two apostles - Peter and Paul - to spread Christianity. The exhibition will touch on early pilgrimages to the Holy Land and later, to Rome as the New Jerusalem. Discover the role of the Roman emperor Constantine and his mother, Helena, who journeyed to Jerusalem in search of the True Cross. Visitors can see artefacts from the Roman catacombs associated with the early Christians, and learn about the establishment of the Jubilees (special pilgrimage years). A series of architectural plans and views explain the construction of the basilica over the traditionally held burial place of St Peter, which has become the focus of all modern-day pilgrimages to Rome.
Aside from fascinating artefacts related to pilgrimages - for example badges worn by pilgrims during the 15th century, you will also discover works of art by famous painters such as Raphael, Veronese and Guido Reni, and see articles used and worn by the Popes. The exhibition ends with a fascinating selection of Christian material from Vietnam, China, India and Singapore.